Salzburger Hochthron – Toni Lenz Mountain Hut loop from Schellenberger Eishöhle

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Salzburger Hochthron – Toni Lenz Mountain Hut loop from Schellenberger Eishöhle

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Salzburger Hochthron – Toni Lenz Mountain Hut loop from Schellenberger Eishöhle

03:58

6.70km

600m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 1.95 km for 316 m

After 3.32 km for 1.44 km

After 4.85 km for 965 m

Waypoints

Start point

Restaurant

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38 m

Untersberg Cable Car Mountain Station

Highlight • Rest Area

High above Salzburg towers the Untersberg – a mountain full of stories and mysterious places. Legends tell of dwarves, emperors, and hidden caves. Those who set out on the trail will encounter tranquil forests, rugged cliffs, and sweeping vistas. Well-marked trails lead to alpine pastures and peaks. Those who wish can take the Untersbergbahn cable car to the Geiereck. The return journey? Whichever way you prefer – downhill through nature or via other routes back to the valley.

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752 m

Salzburger Hochthron

Highlight • Summit

Great summit, I was even able to marvel at a griffon vulture during my visit. Reachable from the mountain station in about 20 minutes.

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1.80 km

Mittagsscharte

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Mittagsscharte is a ridge (comb) in the Untersberggebirge.
location

It is located between the Salzburg Hochthron (1 853 m above sea level) in the north and the Raucheck (1 891 m above sea level) in the south at an altitude of 1 671 m above sea level. A. directly on the border between Austria and Germany.
particularity

The Alpine shaman Rainer Limpöck describes in his books Myth Untersberg and High and Holy - encounters of people and spirits on Untersberg some phenomena that are scientifically so unexplained. This is how Limpöck thinks this is the ... place where "Middle-earth" begins, where the giant devil with his divine powers has shaped, where healing happens, where the sun shines into the underworld, where heaven and earth connect. ,

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1.98 km

Thomas-Eder Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A varied and promising path over secured paths, some of which are blasted into the rock, through the steep walls of the Untersberg.
Starting at the Mittagsscharte over the Schellenberger ice cave and to the Toni-Lenz-Hütte.

See also: berchtesgaden.de/bergstieg/berg-alpinsteige/thomas-eder-steig

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2.70 km

Summit cross on the Heubergkopf

Highlight • Summit

The small Heubergkopf is located at 1508 meters and is in close proximity to the Schellenberger Eishöhle ice cave and the Toni-Lenz-Hütte.
The summit of the small Heubergkopf is adorned with a beautiful cross.
A wonderful place to enjoy the view of the Watzmann massif and the Hoher Göll.

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3.19 km

Toni Lenz Mountain Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Rustic mountain hut below the steep walls of the Untersberg. With a fantastic view, you can enjoy first-class Kaiserschmarrn. From the hut, you can reach the famous Schellenberger Ice Cave in around 20 minutes. From there, a path leads over the Mittagsscharte up to the summit plateau and further to the Salzburger Hochthron.

The hut is open daily from May to October.

There are no overnight accommodations at the Toni Lenz Hut - multi-day hikers hike further to the Stöhrhaus or the Zeppezauerhaus.

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4.53 km

Schellenberger Sattel

Mountain Pass

5.21 km

Dopplersteig Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Beautiful climb with numerous steps and deep views. It's a lot of fun if you have sure-footedness and a head for heights. I think is one of the most beautiful of the black-marked climbs.

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5.58 km

Taxhamer Kreuz (1,560 m)

Highlight • Summit

“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect“ their ”cross at this point. (...) These crossroads have been erected as visible signs and attract the looks of many people. The cross is a symbol of life. It stands as a sign of our Christian hope and wants to direct our gaze to Jesus Christ, who overcame death (...). The cross is part of our life, just as it was part of the life of Jesus. So I wish that many people ... visit the crossroads, whether as places of silence and breathing before God, whether as places of congregation meeting, prayer and praise of God. "
(Text source: Dean Rainald M. Ollig
in: "Crosses of the way ... Small sacred monuments as a sign of popular piety")

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6.70 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.75 km

2.41 km

431 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.37 km

1.02 km

294 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,820 m)

Lowest point (1,280 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

9°C

3°C

30 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 5.0 km/h

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Comments

October 7, 2022,2022.10.07_Salzburger Hochthron

Round tour from the mountain station; Thomas Eder Steig, Schellenberger Ice Cave, Dopplersteig (many steps!)

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September 25, 2021,Nach Untersbergbahn Bergstation

Great varied tour. Not suitable for the less experienced. Even in bad weather, this tour can be dangerous. Sore muscles inevitable 😇. Absolutely recommended for experienced users!

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